Enchanted Love

Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters in this story, although I can think of a few I would love to own! This is for entertainment purposes only.

Story: It's Hermione's 7th year at Hogwarts, and now that Lord Voldemort has been defeated, she has time to think about her life. She begins a forbidden relationship with Remus Lupin, but soon finds another man enchants her thoughts. Sirius Black never died, and is now a free man.

A/N: One more chapter after this guys sniff I'll miss writing it so much…

Chapter 22 - I'm Gonna Love You Forever

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I wanna love you forever,

And this is all I'm asking of you.

10,000 lifetimes together,

Is that so much for you to do?

Cuz from the moment I saw your face,

And felt the fire in your sweet embrace

I swear I knew

I'm gonna love you forever.

'I'm Gonna Love You Forever' Jessica Simpson

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"I need you." Sirius whispered. Hermione felt the chills go up her spine as he spoke. She looked into his eyes, his face inches from hers.

"You hurt me." she replied, trying to keep her chin from trembling.

"I know I hurt you. I am sorry for everything. Damn it Hermione, I'm not good at this. I've never been in love before." Sirius said, grasping her wrist harder.

Hermione wrenched her wrist from his grasp, taking a step back from him. "You are not in love now. Don't fool yourself." she said. "Let's face it, you were right, it was fun for a night, but that is all it was. I don't love you and you don't love me." she lied. Hermione spun around for the door.

Before she could pull her wand out again, Sirius grabbed her arms, spinning her around and slamming her against the door. She didn't have time to react before his lips were pressing down on hers.

Hermione felt the fire run through her instantly. Sirius ran his tongue along her lips, and she moaned, giving him the chance to deepen their kiss. She felt his hands release her arms, he raised them up to tangle in her hair.

As suddenly as the kiss began, Sirius ended it, pulling back from her gently, leaving his hands in her curls. "Don't tell me you don't love me ever again." he said, his voice husky.

Hermione looked up at him, her lips red from the kiss. Tears were in the corners of her eyes. "You'll just hurt me again." she whispered.

Sirius shook his head. "No, I won't hurt you Hermione. I am sorry. I never meant to hurt you like I did. I have no excuses to offer you. I can only offer you my heart. I love you, and I swear, I'd rather die then hurt you." Sirius promised her, begging her with his eyes to listen.

"Do you really love me?" she asked, biting her lip.

Sirius smiled at her. "Yes. I really love you." he said, pulling her to him in a crushing hug.

He finally let go of her, stepping back. "Can you forgive me?" he asked gently. "Will you give me a second chance?"

Hermione looked at him and smiled. "Yes. But Sirius, it wasn't all you. I said some awful things to you when you hurt me. And I didn't mean them."

"I know you didn't." Sirius said.

"Will you forgive me then?" Hermione asked him.

"On one condition." he replied.

Hermione raised her eyebrow. "Really? What would that be?" she asked.

"Come over here and kiss me." Sirius growled, holding his hand out to her. Hermione smiled, before taking his hand and leaning into his embrace.

"If you insist." she whispered, before leaning up and kissing him.

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"Do you think it worked?" Ginny whispered to Remus outside the door.

"I don't hear any raised voices anymore." he replied.

Tonks put her ear to the door. "Ewww…" she said, making a face.

"What?" Ginny asked.

"I hear moaning." Tonks replied, giggling.

Remus smiled. "Then that means we should go now, our job is done."

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Hermione woke up slowly, rubbing at her eyes. She felt a weight on her chest and turned her head. Sirius had his arm around her, his eyes were open and watching her. "Sleepyhead." he whispered.

"How long did I sleep?" she replied, snuggling into his embrace.

"A couple hours. You need to get up and get dressed though, it's morning, Dumbledore should be opening the door soon." Sirius replied.

"Maybe we could talk him into locking us back in." Hermione teased.

"Sounds like a good idea to me." Sirius replied, reaching around to pull her back to him. He kissed her neck, letting each kiss drop lower and lower.

Hermione giggled. "I was only teasing. We should get dressed, I don't want to be caught naked on the classroom floor with you."

Sirius grinned but he let her go. "You are right, you graduate in a couple of months, we will tell everyone else then. Until then, we will just have to be careful." he replied, pulling his pants on.

"Of course, I might need extra Defense Against the Dark Arts lessons on Friday nights." Hermione replied.

You will, I'm sure. You'll have to come to my office for those lessons." Sirius replied, trying to keep his face composed.

Hermione finished buttoning up her shirt. She reached over and pulled Sirius to her. "I love you…" she whispered.

"God do I love you. I am going to love you forever." Sirius replied, before kissing her again.

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"Don't you think it's to soon to talk marriage Remus?" Tonks asked him.

"Why, if we are in love?" Remus replied.

"Because we just got together last night, that's why! Remus, don't be insecure. You don't have to marry me just so that I will stay. I will be with you no matter what, you are not going to lose me!" Tonks cried.

"So why don't we wait a couple months?" Remus sighed.

"That sounds better!" Tonks said with a smile. "Don't worry, I want to marry you if you'll have me, I just don't want to rush everything."

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"Miss. Granger, Mr. Black, are you two okay?" Dumbledore said, after breaking the seals on the door. "You two seem to have a bad habit of getting locked into rooms together. I trust you didn't try to kill each other?" he asked, eyes twinkling.

Sirius tried to hide his smile. "Well sir, Miss. Granger was a little rough with me, but we survived."

Hermione tried to hide her look of horror. Sirius was grinning and she resisted the urge to kick him.

"Well, off we go then." Dumbledore said, exiting the room.

"I can't believe you said that." Hermione whispered to Sirius as they trailed behind Albus.

"Well, it's true. You were a little rough, I'll have carpet burns for days." he grinned.

"Your rotten!" she whispered.

"And you love it." he replied. "See you at dinner." he winked, and left her, catching up with Albus.

Hermione smiled as she watched him walk away with the headmaster. Things were finally going to work out, and that was a wonderful feeling. xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

The next chapter is going to be the end, I plan on tying up a few lose ends. I'll probably start a new story soon after that, I just don't know the plot yet :o)

Thank You everyone for your wonderful reviews and support. Thanks once again to Rane, for pushing me to write when I get caught up in something and forget to!